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Patented Apr.' 4, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW wanen, oF GARTHAGE, New YORK.

HORS E-COLLAR CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,085, dated April 4, 1882.

Application lled February 11, 1882. f(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW WAUGH, of Carthage, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Horse-Gollar Cap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in a novel construction, arrangement, and combination of a collar-cap, and frame or brace secured thereto, as hereinafter more particularly described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is a top view of my invention. Fig.

2 is a vertical section in theline x x of Fig. l,

and Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the line y y p ofFig. 1.

Al is a collar-cap, differing from the ordinary form by having the ends more rounding.

B is a frame or brace, constructed preferably of malleable iron and ofthe form shown in Fig. l. It is secured to the cap A by rivets in the ends b. The middle part of the frame is wider than the parts betweenit and the ends b, which are made narrow to allow the parts of the cap marked D to be more exible. The said middle part is in skeleton form, allowing the air to come in contact with the cap A in the parts marked c; and the ends b and other parts are perforated for the same purpose.

C C are loops formed on the top of the frame .B for the collar-straps to pass through to hold the cap solidly to the collar. The ends b of the frame may also have in each extremity loops for attaching stra-ps to further connect the cap to the collar.

The advantages'of my invention are as follows: As the shape of the cap ismore rounding, it is not s o liable to chafe the horses neck when his head is raised. The parts of thecap marked D are more iiexible and may be more easily accommodated to the shape of the horses neck than in the former style of collar-caps, owing to the frame being made narrower at those points. As the frame is open and perforated with Ventilating-holes, the air has free access to nearly all of the cap, which is thus rendered more cool and comfortable; and the loops C G, being made of malleable metal, will not wear out by the haine-strap coming in contact with them, and thus the durability of the cap and the security of its connections to the collar are assured.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure' by Letters Patent- 1. The herein-describedhorse-collarcap,consisting of the iexible cap A, and the metal brace-plate B, having narrow neck portions D and widened end portions, and provided with the loops or eyes C, substantially as set forth.

2. In horse-collar caps, the cap A, having secured thereto a re-enforcing brace-plate, B, contructed with narrow neck portions between its central, enlargement and its widened end parts, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the central end portions, D, of the cap A are rendered sufficiently liexible and the cap held to shape, as set forth.

ANDREW WAUGH.

Vitnesses:

A. E. KILBY, H. M. BROWNELL. 

